Time and power...
An imaginative fantasy inspired by the imagination, and some may believe that it is a projection of reality, but it is not so, even though our reality does not differ in some parts from the novel.
The names and characters in the novel are borrowed, and do not mean a person, but they are similar in the distant and recent past, and the events of the novel take place in a time frame that exceeds 160 years, in which the hero of the novel is exposed to a lot of injustice from those who have power. In his youth and during his studies, an influential person took advantage of his kinship to implicate him. In a case, even if his status is restored under the law, this remains a formality, as they can harm you even after your death.
He was also subjected to injustice when the woman who made an unjust claim against him reached the governor and turned the scales of the claim in her favor, because everyone sought to please her because of her connection to the head of the pyramid of power.
As the world turns to new media and social media, injustice returns again to the protagonist because someone with power and influence does not like Falih’s proposal or does not like him, and perhaps to please someone higher than him because he knocked on a door or someone who concerns him.
Saleh Al Jasmi.....
Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm takes the controversy and controversy raised by Salman Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” in the late 1980s as a starting point to address what he calls “the mentality of prohibition and the logic of criminalization” among Arab thinkers, in a panoramic manner, and in other articles - added in later editions of the book - he addresses many of the issues Related issues, such as Orientalism, reverse Orientalism, concepts of cultural invasion, and authenticity. The writer dives behind the implicit meanings, trying to reach the essence, or the real motive behind the issues he discusses, and raises his voice loudly to argue and discuss the opinions of his fellow researchers and intellectuals: such as Edward Said and Adonis. The audacity makes these sober articles an important document of the discussions and dialogues that prevailed among Arab thinkers at that stage, even if one does not agree with any of them. What is important here is the celebration of free thought and debate based on diligence and knowledge.
Although the deep, passionate, and enjoyable discussions contained in this book provide many answers, they also stimulate many renewed questions that continue to trouble us and justify our need for readings of this kind.
A collection of humorous short stories that tells the story of “Mother of Projects,” which is the title that everyone gave to Mrs. (Maryam) after she succeeded in entering the Guinness Book of World Records as having the highest number of failed projects, which was the reason for putting her husband (Khaled) on the brink of bankruptcy.
The heroine of the story (Maryam) is a forty-year-old woman who contracted home project fever after she retired from teaching. She began turning everything that came before her into a project without paying attention to the proper procedures and the necessary permission from the state, and despite her husband (Khaled) standing against her failed projects and his desperate attempts. To stop the disaster, the end always came with their visit to the police station, then paying many fines and writing hundreds of pledges.
The collection of stories addresses the problem of home projects and the importance of following the legal regulations set by the UAE in order for the project to be completed properly and achieve tangible results without harming oneself or others. All the guidance and awareness in the collection of stories come hidden within a humorous and sarcastic form, so that the reader draws the lesson every time from within the context. the story
